HR 844 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits.

Introduced Mar 1, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Thomas M. Reynolds R-NY

Latest action · Mar 7, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 1, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to require the disregard of State paid annuities for blind veterans and their spouses in determining SSI benefits.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2001 to Aug 2, 2001; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Amo Houghton	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	John J. LaFalce	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Mar 1, 2001
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Original	Mar 1, 2001
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Mar 8, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 8, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 20, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Mar 20, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Apr 24, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank		Apr 24, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Apr 24, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Apr 24, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King		Apr 24, 2001
R-PA	Phil English		Apr 24, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Apr 24, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 15, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		May 15, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		May 16, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 12, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Jun 12, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Jul 12, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Aug 2, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 1, 2001
	Work and Welfare Subcommittee	Referred Mar 7, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Mar 1, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 1, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

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Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-87	WELFARE REFORM REAUTHORIZATION PROPOSALS403 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Apr 11, 2002

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 1, 2001Introduced in House

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